Heavy Snow in Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

Heavy Snow March 7, 2018 – March 9, 2018 · Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

METAR snow depth measured 14 of snowfall. at Iliamna airport This was confirmed by a trained spotter.

The wider storm

A low pressure system in the Aleutians brought an occluded front through the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay. This combined with cold air over the mainland from a previous high pressure system caused heavy snow to fall in the Bristol Bay region. The approaching front also increased the gradient, causing winds to whip snow through the air, reducing visibility to less than one mile at times.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 742271. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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